09 September, 2005

Hoot

Angela Namoi of Allen & Unwin just sent me the Orion Publishing Group's Subscription Catalogue for February 2006. I have a spread to myself headed: Angela Carter, Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke and now... Margo Lanagan Phoargh! The selling points go like this:

'The UK debut of one of the most exciting new writers of literary fantasy

'All lovers of literary fantasy will adore this

'A uniquely talented writer with a word-of-mouth momentum already building

'Winner of three major literary awards in Australia

'Major PR campaign including review coverage int he literary pages of the national press, and blanket review coverage in the genre press' [Those better not be wet blankets, people.]

It also has the Simon Spanton quote (omitting the 'However few copies this book sells' bit, which I think is a good idea), the 'genius (not too strong a word)' quote from Faren Miller, Garth Nix's cover quote, and a quote from 'Earthly Uses', the bit where Death comes and gathers up the grandmother. Plus cover pic and Margo-pic (snitched from the Locus cover, complete with extensive retouching (I really don't mind that I have a red nose and wrinkles, Charles) and elephant-hide in the background).

About Me

I write fiction. My latest novel is Zeroes, the first book of the Zeroes trilogy (YA fantasy), a collaboration with Scott Westerfeld and Deborah Biancotti. My novel Sea Hearts is published as The Brides of Rollrock Island in the UK and the US. I've also written Tender Morsels and five short story collections: White Time, Black Juice, Red Spikes, Yellowcake and Cracklescape.